Clothes-line support.



UNIT ED STATES PATENT (')FFKl-i.

FRANCIS X. RO( ll ANI) Aliilhli) BONN! N, OF HOLYOKE, MASSAGESFYSg SAIDBONNN ASSIGNUR T() SAU) ROCH.

CLOTHES-LINE SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Parenteel May 14, 190?.

{migrrinn 5191i November 20, 1905. Serial No. 288,123.

Bo it known that We, Finnois X. Roon, e. British subject, end ALFRED(i). BoNNiN, o citizen of the United States of America, and bothresidents of l'lolyoke, in the county of Hampden and State ofMassachusetts, lieve invented certain new and useful Improvenienis in(.lothes-Line Supports, of which the following is el full, cieer, andexact descrip-V tion.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of apparatus oreppliencesfor effording such supports of en endless clothes line es topermit the ine to have a, runningror progressive movement WherehT theclothes or articles to be dried, may he one after another secured on theline h v clothes Vins et any given point, and readily remove from theline, such arrangements being more per-V ticuleriy advantageous incities,n end other places Where en ampie yard space for drying on stronciothes lines is not aveiiehie. Y

The oiject of the invention is to provide en e peretus of the genereiclass indicated Whic is sin-:pie end inexpensive of construction,desirable and not liable to derengexnent after retracted use, andentirely convenient and e cient in operation.

The invention consists in cooperative errangeinents or combinations ofparisV and the constructions of certain of the erts sii substantieilv eshereinafter fully escribed end set forth in the claims.

The improved e paretus is'iiiustrated in the accompanying gra-Wings, inWhich,-Fig ure l is e perspective View of e full set of the 'improvedeppiiences properly set up and es in use. Fig. 2 is e, horizontalsectional vieW of a portion of the device as taken on the line 2-2,Fig.i. Fig. 3 is averticel sectional View substantieiiy on the line SH3,Fig. 2. Fig, 4 is e pien view of e modified form of one of the fixturesor appliances comprising featuresin eccordenoe with this invention.

In the drawings-A represents e supporting bracket for each of theappliances of which in equipment for use two ere provided et suitablydistant locations, es represented in Fig. 1. Esch bracket is of anysuitable design end horizontally Wide shape, and in the preferred forniof the eppiiances represented in Fig. l, each bracket is fork-shaped endhas a. peir of opposite end seperated depending posts or studs aysupported frein the arms of the bracket, cech post or stud being formedor provided neer its lower end with e 'flangeiike rest b which, esshown, is constituted by e washer or annular piste hefd at the lowerextremity of the stud by the nut c screwing on the threaded end portionof such stud. 0n the seid studs supported for rotation in opposition andin the seine horizontal )iene ere two Wheeis or sheaves B formed esshown in Fig. 3 with grooves d in their bottoms,- hetween which annulergrooved surfaces and the flenge-like rests b ere series of entifric tionbells c.

The studs lleve shonidersjt closely to the upper liet feces of theWheels to prevent upward displacement of the iet-ter and the esoepe ofthe bells. Each of seid wheels hes cireuinferentielly seperated,edgewise projecting teeth g in pears, e tooth of each pair heingvertically above end seperated from its companion tooth, leaving econtinuons peri herel surface fr, for cosy running of the clot ieslinebetween the upper and iower series of the teeth. I A stretch of theclothesline Corning to end running partially around one of the Wheels Bthence has a traversing course to and partially around the other Wheel,enel having its furthercontinuetion for en indefinite dist-enceaccording to the separation of both appliances of a set perallel withthe first stretch of line` Located in edi vence of the Wheels B, B, ofeach of the fix tures, but suitably adjacent thereto, ere e pair offixed guards D, D, for constraining the clothesline and guiding theclothes pins in proper running engagement around said Wheels, seidguards each comprising e suhstentieily Wedge-sheped block having esmooth and somewhat convex inwerdly facing side, es shown and they aresupported on depending studs 'i i sustained b v and extending verticallyheiow the bracket.

j represents a clothespin guard horizontsiijr arranged by boing snpiorteri h v end extending from one of the Wheel studs a to the other ina line above the plane of rotation of the Wheels and yet suitably neerto such piene es to prevent the heeds or upper portiene of theclothespins freni swinging around to inore or less nearlyT horizontalpositions on or with the line to interfere with their proper .l roundingof the wheels.

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As indicated, the clothesline guard consists of a ilat strip olE metaledgewise vertical and having its ends formed with loops or oyes jy' toembrace the wheel studs (1.. lhc action and utility of these appliancesare n'ianiiest, it heini;l readily perceived that as thc line havingarticles to be dried and secured thereon by clothcspins, arc advancedwith the line which runs around the smooth intermediate peripheral)ortions ol thc wheels the teeth of the wheels engagq-or the verticalspaces between the teeth ol' the wheels accommodatef-the clothespins.

'lhe making of the structure as shown in Fig. is preferable as itenables the use of comparatively small light inexpensive and easilyconstructed wheels which however may be so widely spaced as to keep theopposite runs of the clothesline separated as much as is desirable, butby making each of the fixtures or ap liances to comprise but a singlewheel olpinuch larger diameter substantially the same results areaccomplished.

rl`he single wheel construction is /illustrated in F 1g. 4 in which thereference letter A indicates one of the brackets; B the wheel journaledon pin af, and D the fixed guards which are carried by the posts i', depending from the ends of the arms ol the bracket A.

Vlie claim z- 1. A clothes line support comprising a bracket member, astud depending Vtherefrom, a wheel journaled on said stud., and a fixedguard located in advance of and closely adjacent said wheel, said guardcomprising a substantiallyY wedge-shaped block having a convex wall.

2. In an apparatus of the character described, a forked bracket, a pairof depending studs supported from each arm of the bracket, a toothedwheel journaled on one of the studs of each arm, and a substantiallyWedge-shaped guard-block iixed to each of the other studs, each blockhaving a convex side wall facing the corresponding wall of the oppositeblock.

3. In an apparatus of the character described, a bracket member, twopairs of oppositely disposed studs secured to and depending from saidbracket, one stud of each pair being located adjacent to and directl)Tin advance of the other, a toothed wheel journaled on one of the studsof each pair, and a substantially Wedgeshaped guard-blockiixed to eachof the other studs, said blocks being verticallyT disposed and havingtheir narrower ends directed outwardly away from the toothed wheels.

4. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination ahorizontal bracket having opposite and separated depending posts orstuds, a pair of wheels supported by and rotatable on said dependingstuds in a conunon horizontal plane, each of said wheels havingcircumferentially separated edgewise pro'ecting teeth in pairs, one ofthe teeth of caclli pair being vertically above and sepa`- rated fromits companion tooth, and a horizontal clothespin guard comprising avertiY cally disposed metallic strip supported at its opposite ends byand extending from one of said studs to the other in a horizontal lineabove the plane of rotation of said wheels.

5. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination ahorizontal bracket having opposite and separated depending posts orstuds, a pair of wheels supported by and rotatable on said dependinstuds in a common horizontal plane7 each o said wheels havingcircumferentially, separated, edgewise projecting teeth, in pairs, andanother pair of dependin studs or supports having substantially wege-shaped ixed guards located adjacent and in the plane of the edges ofsaid wheels for constraining the clothesline for its proper and runningengagement around said wheels.

6. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination ahorizontal bracket having opposite and separated depending posts orstuds, a pair of wheels supported by and rotatable on said dependingstuds in a common horizontal plane, each olia said wheels havingeircumferentially, separated, edgewise projecting teeth, in pairs, andanother pair of depending studs or supports having fixed wcdge-shapedguards adjacent and in the plane of the edges of sald wheels forconstraining the clothesline for its roper running engagement aroundsaid w reels, and a horizontal elothespin guard consisting of a metallicstrip supported at its opposite ends by and extending from one of saidstuds to the other in a horizontal line above the plane of rotation. ofsaid wheels.

Signed by us at Springfield, Mass., in presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

FRANCIS X. ROCH. ALFRED O. BONNIN.

Witnesses WM. S. BELLows, G. R. DaIsCoLL.

